To Diognetus 2.6

Anonymous · To Diognetus · ca. 150–200 (disputed) · place unknown · Read in context

Summary: Christians are hated for refusing these gods.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:352–354

διὰ τοῦτο μισεῖτε Χριστιανούς, ὅτι τούτους οὐχ ἡγοῦνται θεούς;

Is it for this that you hate the Christians, because they do not consider these to be gods?

Source: Lake, LCL 25:352–354 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 350–379 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.
Topics: Persecution

Diogn. 2.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/2/6/).

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Diogn. 2.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/diognetus/2/6/).